US choreographer Kidd dead at 92

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — US choreographer Michael Kidd, whose work in musicals has earned him an Oscar and five Tony awards, has reportedly died in his Los Angeles home at the age of 92.

Citing the choreographer's nephew, Robert Greenwald, The Los Angeles Times said Kidd had passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer.

Kidd created some of the most memorable dances of the US show industry, including the dance through Central Park by Fred Astaire, stage musical "Guys and Dolls" and the movie "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."

He won his Oscar in 1997, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to recognize his lifetime achievements in Hollywood and on Broadway.

His five Tony Awards came for "Finian's Rainbrow" (1947), "Guys and...

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